Caterpillar's Doug Oberhelman: Manufacturing's Mouthpiece
Caterpillar’s CEO made $22 million last year. Some of his employees are on food stamps.
Caterpillar’s CEO made $22 million last year. Some of his employees are on food stamps.
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Groupon disasters, the behaviors of the consumer swarm, and how the “1% and the 90% [are] collaborating to prey on the 9% in the middle.”
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Nicholas Shaxson Vanity Fair Mar 2013 25min Permalink
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How Mitt Romney made his millions.
Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone Sep 2012 30min Permalink
How did the gambling magnate and prolific super PAC donor amass his billions?
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A profile of Doc Johnson, “the Procter & Gamble of sex toys.”
Dave Gardetta Los Angeles Jul 2012 25min Permalink
Meet Dr. Schnoz, the nose-sculpting YouTube king of Miami.
Michael E. Miller The Miami New Times Jun 2012 20min Permalink
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A profile of Fleshlight inventor Steve Shubin.
Dan Solomon The Austin Chronicle May 2012 10min Permalink
The autopsy of a once-dominant site.
How one company is rethinking the business of sex toys.
Andy Isaacson The Atlantic May 2012 25min Permalink
How one man made millions with a fancy hamburger.
Lesley Bargar Suter Los Angeles May 2012 15min Permalink
From failure to Pixar, Steve Jobs’ “wilderness years.”
Brent Schendler Fast Company Apr 2012 Permalink
On the empire built by “Painter of Light” Thomas Kinkade.
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A profile of Red Bull’s Dietrich Mateschitz, who wants to make his drink a lifestyle. Mateschitz’s co-founder, Chaleo Yoovidhya, died March 17.
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On a press junket in Ecuador, the author investigates the ethics of shopping.
Amanda Hess Good Mar 2012 Permalink
The unlikely story of Spanx.
Alexandra Jacobs New Yorker Mar 2011 20min Permalink
When computer science legend Jim Gray disappeared, his friends and colleagues – including Bill Gates and Larry Ellison – used every technological tool at their disposal to try to find him.
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